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GeorgetownActon Wednesday Aug TaEPHONE at Willow Sweat Acton L7J W XT 1 par yew In Canada n a countries other than Canada The Acton Free Press a of the Publishing Ltd gioup suburban newspapers which includes Picturing Mewl Aurora Era The Enterprise The Post Th tfartend Post Advertiser Guardian The George town Independent Economist and Sun The Masauauga News The News Weekend Edition The North York Minor Beaver Friday Beaver This Week Weekend The Richmond Liberal Tho Scarborough Mirror The Tribune The Veughan News Ken Bellamy Publisher Don Ryder Director Advertising Hartley Coles Managing Editor Adveoismg accepted on condition that the vant typographical potion occupied by the erroneous item together i denature not be charged for but the balance of advertisement be pad tor at the rata In ttia avert a typographical etc advertising good or service at a wrong pnee goods services may not Atfvertwng a merely an off ar total and may be withdrawn it any time I The Ontario Second class mat regstraton Number EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Edhon Cord Murray News Editor Helen Murray Spots Dan McGBowav Darkroom IADs ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT BID Cook Ratal Advertising Manager Sate Susan Stone Jennifer Alton Kirk Davy Advertising Carolyn Artam BUSINESS ACCOUNTING OFFICE Office Manager Joan Shewefl CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT Manager MarySn McAnht Fence is needed Were per cent behind Trustee Irene McCaGley and St Josephs School parents who think not having a fence bet ween the back of the new school site and Fairy a danger which must be remedied before the building opens for business next month We followed the battle to get provincial funds the planning for the new school and this spring and summer the building of this school closely and with interest Like the trustee and parents it has always been our im pression that there would be a fence across the back of the property The reasons given by board staff for a fence not being planned arent very strong Sure there are hazards presented to childreT every day that nothing is done about Thats no reason to add one more- Sure there is going to be quite a distance between the playground at the back of the school and the lake That doesnt mean that a child wont walk that distance and ac cidentally fall in the lake Its true that a child who really wants to get to the lake will climb a fence But its equally true a fence will discourage more children than it will encourage And a fence is more of a discouragement than afield A child climbing the fence will also be more noticeable to teachers or other children in the playground than a solitary youngster crossing the 200 to 300 feet to the lake As for board policy not to fence open space well technically the back of the school property is open space but hardly in the sense people usually connect with the term open space Also a child wont know where playground ends and open space begins Its true children attended classes at the end of School lane for many many years with a small lake close by without much in the way of incidents Children could conceivably attend St Josephs School too without an incident at the lake However why take the chance Why risk a tragedy and then have parents pointing the finger of blame at the board For the cost of a six or eight foot chain link fence a little extra protection could be af forded and it would go a long way towards making parents feel more secure about sending their children to the long awaited new facility GM Dont need more MPs While it would be nice to see Halton Hills all back together in the same federal riding we have to agree with MP Otto when he says 28 more seats arent needed in Parliament argues we cant af ford to pay the wages of MPs and their staff rent office space and equip that office for these extra MPs We arent sure the nation cant afford it Two federal votes from now likely not before 1088 Canada might well be able to afford such a cost Surely as the decade draws to an end the economy will have improved Our concern is secondary worry about adding more MPs Life is something of a drag for backbenchers Many feel they dont make meaningful contributions to the workings of Parliament This no doubt leads to discouragement and the early and voluntary end to some political careers MPs certainly fulfill a func tion handling problems with the federal government for con stituents but after a time it must become a rather dull job While there is committee work most of the action takes place in cabinet and we only need so many cabinet ministers At least Opposition MPs can enjoy the challenge of being thorns in the governments side We just dont need to pay more people to do the same job so many now find frustrating Also we really doubt making a few ridings smaller is going to appreciably improve the service Canadians receive from their MPs Having Halton Hills split at the federal level may not make a whole lot of sense but except for confusing a few voters it hasnt proved to be a problem because dealings between the federal and municipal levels of government arent that frequent Now if Halton Hills was split at the provincial level that might be a problem because provincialmunicipal dealings are quite extensive Fortunately so far Queens Park hasnt split the municipality and government entity it created Halton Hills off into two or more Legislature seats Of course that might not be that bad if it did happen Having two or three voices with ties to Halton Hills might be a bit of an advantage at Queens Park From the editor s desk Parking at intersections annoying by Murray Council issues come and go and for the most part few touch the Uvea of the general population There are however some which Impact In one way or another on all of us Tarns major for reconstruction snow removal to name a few are couociUnatters which affect us all Another Is parking Think about li cit street parking downtown restric ting parking to certain time lengths overnight parking allowing parking on Just one side or neither side of the street etc at one time or these council enacted laws affect every citizen And their enforcement or lack of can lead to real frustration to say nothing of annoyance One of my few beefs about life in Acton is a downtown Acton parking situation It drives me to distraction to see cats and more often than not trucks or vans parked right up to the corner of In tersections If youve tried to turn Mill St from a side street especially from a north side street then you know what I mean Downtown signs clearly show parking isnt allowed for a short distance on either side of intersections But just about every I seem to be turning onto Mill from any of the side streets doesnt matter If Willow John Wilbur Elgin or Frederick theres some kind of vehicle parked right up to the comer so you cant see traffic Turning left onto Mill is a nightmare You sneak out a bit Just enough to see by the van which Is blocking your view of the travelled portion of the road Of course by that unless you drive a very small car you are half way into the road and straddling the crosswalk And once you are out there with your nose protruding into traffic theres generally a half dozen or more cars coming so you cant turn for a while More of ten than not you cant back up a bit either because someone has come up behind you To make matters worse pedestrians are giving you some real looks too because they have to detour around you All this because someone wont obey the law and not park right up to the corner of the intersection The driving dllema Ive outlined above is the very reason why parking isnt allowed close to corners know a lot of the people who park in these spots are there for only a short time making a delivery or a quick slop at a shop Thats no consolation though in my book when Im heading to take a photo or do an interview frequently running a few minutes behind or chasing the fire truck Whats the answer Well theres two Either more police enforcement of the law or else more considerate drivers Knowing the cost of polking Id much prefer to see the local cope going after vandals loiterers and burglars than running around giving out parking tickets The easiest cheapest solution is to have people just obey the law volun tarily but Im not going to hold my breath on that one I think the ultimate solution is to either grin and bear this situation or start going places In round about way say going to Peel St via Main St north the industrial park and McDonald Blvd and Acton Blvd A lengthy detour is probably less time consuming than waiting to get out on Mill St anyway Of course brighter days on this situation are ahead When theres eventually more offstreet parking downtown cars wont be able to park anywhere on the north side of Mill St from Main to John Did you ever wonder if real people are contacted for political consumer and television polls I sure have I dont think Ive ever known anyone who was contacted by Nielsens for television or Gallup for politics At least If they were they didnt mention it to me Helen and I once did a beer tasting test for some friends who would receive money and free drinking glass for doing the survey several years back It turned out the testing was being done by one of the big Canadian breweries before they introduced low cal suds But nobody had ever come to my door or called me to ask What I watch on television or what I thought of Trudeau Since I didnt know of anyone whod ever participated in these polls either I could only conclude nobody I knew was an average Canadian That was lost week And wouldnt you know it the pollster contacted a politician Terry Grub be one of Actons three councillors was telling me at the Hills playground finale Thurs day night that she was visited on August 13 by someone doing a poll She saw his name badge and Identification and thinks he was with Gallup It took about minutes to answer all the questions and while they covered a wide range topics Terry says shes pretty sure It was a political poll She also suspects it was a poll for the Progressive Conservatives He asked If she thought Income controls should be extended to the pri vate sector or limited to civil servants what party shed vote for if there was a federal election what she thought were the three main causes of Inflation 10 reasons why theres high unem ployment does she think there should be an election what did she think of the new budget etc She was also asked about what brands of beer and liquor she and Ken buy and if they take any continuing education courses etc So now I know real people are polled Its probably just as well Ive never been polled What I really think of Trudeau isnt printable in the paper or on a poll sheet and while I watch a lot of television having a video cassette recorder I watch very few programs at the time they are aired Can you imagine what the Nielsen people would think when they found out I watch Hill Street Blues at 7 am Sunday mor nings coies slaw Some pot pourri to think about as summer fades by Hartley little pot pourri this week as summer fades gracefully into fall I received a note from former Free Press sports editor Denis Gibbons recently which enclosed a clipping from the Hamilton Spectator about a Senior Intercounty baseball game between the Brentford Red Sox and an opponent in which pitching coach John filled In on the mound when the rest of the Sox hurlers had been sent to be showers Mowat stemmed the tide over two three innings I forget which and gave the team a big lift Is that the same John who used to pitch for the Acton baseball intermediate when they played in the old Halton County League Denis asked I didnt know but a few Inquires turned out the fact it was Indeed the righthander who turned the Halton league en Us ear one not summer when Acton had a rent contender Danny Artie the peripatetic ball player who trindles the mail during the day In Acton also played In Brant- ford livery this year He informed Robin sports editor of The Georgetown Independent that both he and Mowat toiled for the Sox since eliminated this season I remember when John broke into the ranks of Intermediate hardball a raw righthander from with a curve that could break your back He played some junior and juvenile baseball in Acton and Gait I think before suiting up with Acton He fitted right into the team and one night under candlesticks In Oakville manager Matt Tyler gave him the job of felling the mighty Oaks class of the old Halton County League and coached by Al formerly of the Toronto Maple Leafs of the International partisan crowd Mowat wound up and for nine innings he handcuffed the Oaks with one of the bending curve balls In the league I think somewhere In that game lanky Jack Hough wallopped a towering home run so far our of sight the Oaks turned into sap lings Mowat bad some professional offers after that and I lost track of him but he was an allround athlete playing hockey In the same style he played ball So It was him Denis the big raw booed kid from Rockwood who can still take his turn on the mound when the The Oaks saw the raw Mowat on the mound and thought they were going to cake walk to a win of their Denis Hes news editor of the Burlington Post a Metroiand news paper now and looking forward to a trip to Russia this fall for an inter national hockey tournament The Gibber is something of an rhyme off the names of toe Russian team as easily as If he had been born Smolensk He recognized the calibre of the European brand of the game while the rest of us Canucks still thought the Toronto Mariboros could lick them with one hand behind their backs Some of the better memos circulated have been collected by a business editor and here are some of the front runners How would you like to get this memo on a blue Monday morning Dont worry unduly about this but how much seniority do you have not counting tomorrow See me regarding this today Have some strong coffee Heres a goody from the head of the maintenance staff In a hospital The new elevator at the west end of the building will be placed In service starting Jan n This unit is complete and operable except the car Door Syntax or lack of it gives some memos their punch consider this Please furnish office with a list of all employees over SO years of age broken down by sex Attached Is the compensation cheque from the Insurance Co for our employee Mr Blank who was Injured per your instructions in your letter of July another libellous concoction Brings to mind a memo once posted In a large publishing house Salesmen who do not nave their own secretaries may take advantage of the girls In the pool And heres a final one from what has to be the worlds most securityminded junior executive let this serve as s final reminder of my on Thursday Nov Please for ward any form to me so that I may complete them and finish out my desk and files Back issues years ago August 1 Acton Bowling Lane received an estimated damage Friday when a sanding machine operated by 32yearold Denis Maurice of Toronto exploded Mr Maurice received third degree burns to per cent of his body He died In Hamilton General Hospital Specials this week at A B Supermarket are ground chuck cents a lb 10 ox jar coffee tins of tuna for cents 20 bottle of barbecue sauce for 39 cents one lb of for cents stewing beef at cents a lb Royal Cafe held a grant re opening after the premises were completely renovated and they now offer Chinese cuisine Miss Bruce as Miss Acton Fair competed with other fair beauties from all over Ontario at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto on Wednesday years ago August Mr and Mrs G held on open house on Saturday afternoon and evening Tea was served to celebrate the wedding ar of the couple who were married on August IB Miss Minnie Somervlllo and Mrs Pearl Kennedy have been enjoying a holiday with relatives alley bury Mr and Mrs Wilfred McEachern Gary and Barbara are back after a weeks holiday when they camped in Algonquin Pork and Craiglellh near Colllngwood Specials this week at your store are bask of pears for cents tvodot oranges for cents lb bag of potatoes for cents margarine lbs for 45 cents side bacon cents a lb and fresh chicken cuts legs or breasts cents lb 50 years ago August 1932 The Arrow Bus Lines which operate through Acton have inaugurated a new direct service to via and Warwick This weeks specials at Pat- Meat Shop arc lbs of homemade sausage for cents porterhouse roasts IB cents and 20 cents a lb fresh ham 13 cents alb side bacon l cents a lb and sirloin roasts cents a lb MrandMrsJH Fred Cooper spent the weekend with friends in Ploying this week at the Gregory on Friday Winner Take All starring James Cagney Saturday Rainbow Trail starring George OBrien and on Monday When a Feller Needs a Friend starring Jackie Cooper 75 years ago August Last Friday while in a condition of mental aberration resulting no doubt from poor health Joseph McGlaughlin took a quantity of parts green and he passed away from the effects In a couple of hours He had been outside and when lie came In It was noticeable his moustache and beard bore manifest traces of parts greens and members the family ascertained that he had taken a large quantity Medical aid was once sent for but the arrived too late to be effectual In saving his life During the swimming races in Fairy Lake on Saturday evening last J one of the con testants narrowly escaped drowning He was taken with cramps and had gone down a second time Fortunately those in the boat following the swimmer noticed his condition and he was taken in and rowed to the terra firms 100 years ago Now that farmers are willing to pay from two to two and a half dollars a day for labor the im pecunious tramp not himself but in the land where bread and browsweat do not mingle A young man evidently anxious to gain a ittle cheap notoriety In the role of a whiskey detective was badly scared In one of our hotels here on Monday night He certainly is out of his element in the detective business The Ullage registrar Informs us that he number of births marriage and deaths In this for the year ending June Mb are mm follows births 11 marriages deaths a